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For second time in 8 years, a loss for a woman presidential candidate. Donald Trump’s win means that the tradition of electing a man to the nation’s highest office remains unbroken after more ...

Trump assembles his team. This week, president-elect Donald Trump picks Matt Gaetz for attorney general, causing controversy on Capitol Hill. Plus, Trump's other cabinet picks so far, the race for ...

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, becomes Donald Trump’s ‘first buddy’. Musk has spent days bounding in and out of meetings, sitting in on phone calls, weighing resumes and traveling ...

As Israel escalates in Lebanon, U.S. influence is limited. The widening gap between U.S. desires and Israel’s actions has left the Biden administration struggling to adapt its diplomatic efforts ...

Science is revealing the true stories of Pompeii’s victims beneath the ash. People have long projected stories onto the poignant casts of Pompeii’s victims. A new study uses ancient DNA ...

November 6, 2024 at 2:47 p.m. EST. On Tuesday, since it apparently wasn’t already clear enough from the first elections of Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, Americans emphatically stated ...

For Trump and Republicans in Congress, ‘everything is in play’ on tax cuts. The latest business news, analysis and columns, including on the economy, personal finance, work, technology and more.

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